Device for attachment to a collar



Feb. 3, 1959 L. s. BOUCHARD ,8

DEVICE FOR ATTACHMENT TO A comm Filed Aug. 14, 1956 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 I,6 INV TOR. BYfln z/ C02 Feb. 3, 1959 L. s. BOUCHARD 2,871,483

DEVICE FOR ATTACHMENT To A COLLAR Filed Aug. 14, 1956 2 Sheets-Sheet 2Jmre nlor nited States DEVICE FOR ATTACHMENT TO A COLLAR Leo S.Bouchard, Boston, Mass.

Application August 14, 1956, Serial No. 603,918 2 Claims. c1. 2-1s2matically and properly positioned on the collar.

A further object is to provide such a device that will fit both theright and left wing portions of the collar, and yet fulfill theabove-mentioned objects.

A still further object is to provide such a device having parts that areeasy and economical to manufacture, can be easily assembled, and issimple to use.

The foregoing and other objects which will appear as the nature of theinvention is better understood, may be accomplished by a constructionand arrangement such as is disclosed by the drawings. The nature of theinvention is such as to render it susceptible to various changes andmodifications, and, therefore, I am not to be limited to theconstruction disclosed by the drawings, nor to the particular partsdescribed in the specification; but am entitled to all such changestherefrom as fall within the scope of my claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of a collar attached to a shirt, bothshown broken away, and showing insignia attached to the collar by mydevice which is shown in dash lines.

Fig. 2 is a view simialr to Fig. 1; but showing a portion of the collarturned up.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of my device for attachment to a collar.

Fig. 4 is a plan view similar to Fig. 3; but showing the opposite faceof said device.

Fig. 5 is a front elevational view of a collar attached to a shirt, bothshown broken away, showing three different sizes of wing portions of thecollar, and showing there different positions of my device on said wingportions depending upon the sizes of the latter.

Fig. 6 is a plan view of my device showing an endless, adhesive bandattached thereto.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a collar showing how the wings arecurved, when my device, which is not visible, is bent to said curvedshape.

As illustrated, my device has an elongate, main body 10, which may beformed of Z-ply cardboard or plastic or other firm, but preferably flat,flexible material. Said body is arrow shape, as shown, being curved atthe top and tapering therefrom in width to a relatively narrow androunded lower end. In the upper half portion, a shoulder 12 is formed atopposite sides of said body 10,

and an endless loop 14, having adhesive at its outside surface, may beused to fit around said body 12 above said shoulder whereby my devicecan be adhesively atent ice affixed to the wing portion W of a collar.The latter is shown attached to a shirt SS having the usual buttons BB.

A pin member, which may be formed of firm, but bendable metal, extendsparallel with said body 10. It has a resilient portion 16 near one endportion, which is the upper end in position of use, and which is shownas a general S-shape, having two loops., A short, straight portion 18,extends from said resilient portion upwardly to form the upper end ofsaid pin member and which is enclosed between the two plies of cardboardforming said body 10 or otherwise fixedly held to said body adjacent oneend thereof.

Below'said resilient portion 16, which is outside said body 10, anelongate, intermediate portion 20 of said pin member slidably extendsdownwardly, preferably along the longitudinal axis of, and between saidtwo body plies, or, interiorly of said body, until it reaches a pointadjacent the lower end extremity. Then a penetrating portion 22 of thepin member, extends opposite to, but outside'of and parallel with, saidbody, continuing to a point preferably slightly beyond, the lower endextremity of said body.

To attach my device to the wing portion W of a collar, the collar wingportion is preferablyturned up before putting the shirt SS on, as shownin said Fig. 2, and the upper, rounded edge is placed adjacent the foldF of the collar, preferably leaving a slight space S from the fold. Iinsert the point of said penetrating portion 22 into said wing portion Wat a 'point adjacent to but spaced from the lower corner or endextremity of said Wing portion W. Usually collars have a border portionB along the outer edges where the collar material is turned over, andsaid point is inserted at the lower corner C where the inner portion ofsaid border commences, so that the relatively short, projecting pointwill not extend beyond the outside end extremity of said corner C of thecollar. Since all of said penetrating portion 22 is placed parallel withand next to, or in contact with, said collar portion, part of the latteris between said body 10 and said penetrating portion 22, thus making asnug fit on said collar for my device.

The upper part of said body 10 may be retained in place by the adhesiveon said loop 14, which contacts the under surface of said collar wing W.This adhesive may be a well known type that does not require moistening,yet adheres to said collar portion merely by pressing it, and can beseparated therefrom by a slight pull.

The same device fits both the left and the right wings of the collar.Since said resilient portion 16 is compressed slightly when insertingsaid short portion 18 into the body 10 between two plies, said shortportion is held under spring compression in said body. The resilientportion 16 also prevents any turning of said pin member on said body.

My device, in a single size and shape, will fit different sizes andshapes of wing portions, since it will be positioned at such an anglethat the rounded top portion will almost reach the fold F of the collar,whatever the size and shape of the latters wing portion. This isillustrated in Fig. 5 of the drawings, in which my device is shownattached to a relatively long collar wing portion LW. Next to the latteris a medium long wing portion MW, showing the position of my devicerelative thereto, and farthest inwardly is a short collar wing portionSW showing another position of my device.

If it is desired to present the front or free edge extremities of acollar wing portion W in the form of a curve, when .my device isattached to said wing portion, as above explained, it is bent to thedesired shape to provide said curve on each side, as shown in Fig. 7 ofthe drawings. Since said metal pin member is bendable,

Patented Feb. 3, 1959 border (dash) line of the collar wing portion.

. is difficult to so position the insignia 39 without some 80 it willretain said curved shape until bent straight or to another curved shape.

In Figs. 1-4 of the drawings, the body of my device is provided withguides shown as openings there through in the form of oblong slots whichextend diagonally relative to the longitudinal axis 'of said body, onepair of slots being given thenumeral 26 and the other pair the numeral28, the two slots of each said .pair being at opposite sides of thelongitudinal axis of said body 10, one being higher than the other inposition of use. One pair of these slots can be used when insignia 30 isto be attached to a collar Wing portion W and worn outside the collar.Such insignia carry the usual attaching pins 32, which usually penetratethe collar wing portion, and the usual clamping retainers a";- tach tosaid pins 32 under the collar portion to hoid the insignia in place.

It is very desirable that the insignia 3% be positioned 1 centrally, orsubstantially an equal distance from the top edge or fold line F of thecollar and from the lower,

inner, border (dash) line, and from the front, inner Since it for thecollar wing portion, shown at the left, or

through said slots 28 for the collar wing portion, shown at the right.Then said retainers 34 are attached to said attaching pins 32, and saidinsignia will be centrally located on the outside of the collar, beingapproximately an equal distance from the top edge, the said lower,innermost, border edge and the said front, innermost, border edge, asshown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, thus giv- 4 ing the combination ofinsignia and outside collar portion a balanced appearance.

What I claim is:

1. A device for attachment to a collar in combination with an insigniamember having two pins projecting therefrom, said device embodying anelongate body member having a pair of openings therein at opposite sidesof the longitudinal axis of said body one of which is higher than theother in position of use, said projecting pins being spaced apart apredetermined distance whereby they may simultaneously extend throughsaid pair of openings and an elongate pin member attached to said bodymember and adapted to penetrate and attach itself to a portion of acollar.

2. A device for attachment to a collar in combination with an insigniamember having two pins projecting therefrom, said device embodying anelongate body member having a pair of longitudinal slots ofsubstantially equal length therein at opposite sides of the longitudinalaxis of said body one of which is higher than the other in position ofuse, said projecting pins being spaced apart a predetermined distancewhereby they may simultaneously extend through said pair of slots and anelongate pin member attached to said body member and adapted topenetrate and attach itself to a portion of a collar.

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